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District to honor 26 high school seniors at annual scholars banquet Thursday night

Posted: March 14, 2012 - 2:52pm

BEAUFORT – The Beaufort County School District will honor 26 high school seniors, including five from Bluffton High School, for outstanding academic achievement at Thursday night’s annual Senior Scholars Banquet.

Seniors who receive this recognition have maintained a 3.5 grade-point average, are in the top 10 percent of their classes and have earned at least an 85 average in each quarter of all of their high school courses.

“These students represent the best of the best in our school district,” Superintendent Valerie Truesdale said. “We are very proud of their dedication to learning and their perseverance throughout their high school years.”

This year’s guest speaker at the banquet is one of the honorees, Tibra Wheeler of Bluffton High School. Wheeler was recently named a finalist in the National Achievement Scholarship Program awarded by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. She has a 4.876 cumulative GPA and has excelled in Advanced Placement and Honors courses. She is a member of the National Honor Society and Interact Club. Beyond the classroom, she was elected by the student body last fall as the schools 2011 Homecoming Queen. She also competes on the school’s varsity basketball, cross-country and track teams.

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